Repeat Petitions

Students may submit a "Petition to Repeat a Course" under certain circumstances as provided by Title V, California Code of Regulations and Cuesta College Board Policy. Petition approvals are reviewed by the Director of Admissions and Records, the North County Campus Dean, or designee.

Definitions:

A substandard grade is a grade of "D+," "D," "D-,""F," "FW,""NP," or "NC."

A satisfactory grade is a grade of "A,""A-,""B+,""B,""B-,""C+,""C,""P," or "CR."

Significant Lapse of Time (Previous grade and credit will be disregarded in computing student's GPA.)

A student may petition to repeat a course, one time, and if no less than 36 months (3 years) have elapsed, where a satisfactory grade of "C" or better was earned if:

another institution of higher education to which the student seeks to transfer has established a recency requirement which the student will not be able to satisfy without repeating the course. Repetition may be allowed where less than 36 months have elapsed if the student documents that repetition is necessary for the student's transfer to the institute of higher education.

Extenuating Circumstances: Extenuating circumstances are extreme cases of documented verifiable circumstances beyond the student's control at the time of prior enrollment. Documentation verifying extenuating circumstances such as a doctor's statement, insurance claim, court document, etc. is required and must be attached to petition.

Prior Substandard Grade (Previous grade and credit earned will be disregarded in student's GPA if either a substandard or satisfactory grade is earned.)A student may petition to repeat a course, one time, based on extenuating circumstances in a prior enrollment in which three (3) substandard grades have been earned.

Prior Satisfactory Grade(Previous grade and credit earned will not be disregarded in computing student's GPA.)A student may petition to repeat a course, one time, based on extenuating circumstances in a prior enrollment in which a satisfactory grade has been earned.

Students who previously received a substandard grade in a class must repeat the class for a letter grade to alleviate the original grade. (Pass/no pass grading is not permitted and will not be used in the recalculation of the student's GPA.)

If the student receives a passing grade of "C" or higher, the prior substandard grade will automatically be alleviated in the student's GPA and annotated on their academic record/transcript. The student does not need to submit this request form.

If the student receives a subsequent substandard grade (does not include "W" for withdrawal), the student will need to submit this form to have the prior substandard grade alleviated.

If the student repeated the course at another accredited college or university, the student will need to submit official transcripts from the other school and submit this form to request grade alleviation.

A student may enroll in two or more sections of the same repeatable credit course during the same term as long as they are not enrolled in more than one section at any given time for the length of the course. In other words, the two identical courses may not overlap in time or dates. For the online registration system to allow enrollment in repeatable identical courses, the student must submit a Repeat Same Course in the Same Term petition. Typically, this form is needed for multiple WELL 000 enrollments in the same term.